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One question about Apple v. Samsung verdict

I haven’t studied or looked at this question very hard, but here’s one thing that bugs me about the verdict. One of Apple’s patents was for app icon arrangements, or something like that. Can we really patent the arrangement of apps on a screen? Even if users can change that arrangement?

Or is the patent dealing with the ability to change the arrangement as Apple does (press and hold until icons wiggle, then drag around)?